A fully up-to-date, practical guide to foundation engineering!

Revised to cover the 2009 International Building Code, Foundation Engineering Handbook, Second edition presents basic geotechnical field and laboratory studies, such as subsurface exploration and laboratory testing of soil, rock, and groundwater samples.

The book then discusses the geotechnical aspects of foundation engineering, including conditions commonly encountered by design engineers--settlement, expansive soil, and slope stability. Details on the performance or engineering evaluation of foundation construction and the application of the 2009 International Building Code are also included.

Contents

1. Introduction

Part 1: Geotechnical Engineering

2. Subsurface Exploration
3. Laboratory Testing
4. Soil Mechanics

Part 2: Foundation Design

5. Shallow and Deep Foundations
6. Bearing Capacity of Foundations
7. Settlement of Foundations
8. Consolidation
9. Foundations on Expansive Soil
10. Slope Stability
11. Retaining Walls
12. Foundation Deterioration and Cracking
13. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Soils
14. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for Foundations and Retaining Walls

Part 3: Foundation Construction

15. Grading and Other Soil Improvement Methods
16. Foundation Excavation, Underpinning, and Field Load Tests
17. Geosynthetics and Instrumentation

Part 4: 2009 International Building Code

18. International Building Code Regulations for Soils
19. International Building Code Regulations for Foundations

Appendices

• Glossary
• Example of a Foundation Engineering Report
• Solution to Problems
• Conversion Factors
• Bibliography

Index

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